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Silicon Valley Will Suffer a Shameful Legacy for Introducing Inequality to the Great Equalizer

Austin Startup

Silicon Valley — another American racist/sexist shithole just like the Segregated South When the Internet first came around in the mid-1990s, it was herald as “The Great Equalizer” where anybody with a keyboard can start an e-commerce shop, publish their works and reach the world to millions who are also attached to the Internet.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Microsoft's $100K India Startup Challenge Grant

ReadWriteStart

I will be traveling in India in April, and doing live roundtables in three cities: Chennai (April 9) , Mumbai (April 16) , and Pune (April 17). Next Jigar Doshi, also from Chennai, India, pitched 3gSimplified , in effect, a comparative shopping solution for mobile plans, which are apparently quite complex in the Indian market.

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1M/1M Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Making Money From Blogs

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During today's roundtable, we opened the session with a discussion of the existential crisis in media and how talented bloggers and journalists are facing a tough time sustaining themselves due to lack of business models. The hosts were Girish Joshi of Microsoft India and 1M/1M Ambassadors, Praveen Karoshi, Rajesh Nair and Thejas Gupta.

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What in the World ?!?

thebarefootvc

I overviewed demographic and economic trends globally and outlined the opportunity for technology companies to access growth in the emerging markets. They later started a company based in Silicon Valley that became one of the fastest growing companies ever, with almost all of its growth coming from outside the US.

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When Third is First

thebarefootvc

The ingenuity of a rural farmer in Africa is on par with some of the greatest innovation I’ve seen in the heart of Silicon Valley, particularly in light of the lack of “formal” training and mentorship many of us experience in the developed world.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Where Should You Raise Money?

ReadWriteStart

Some examples include Flipkart and Redbus in India, and Freshdiet in the US. Vin proposes to build a restaurant search, reviews and ratings site for the Malaysian market catering both to tourists and locals. Should those entrepreneurs who have built their business elsewhere move to Silicon Valley to raise money?

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: How Do You Catalyze A Region's Entrepreneurship?

ReadWriteStart

Today, at the roundtable, we had a discussion around the topic, especially in the context of specific geographies that were represented at the session: Dublin, Ireland, and Kolkata, India. It is no longer Silicon Valley's exclusive domain. They simply need the diligence and work ethic to learn and to implement.